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Rekkles out for Fnatic against H2K
Martin "Rekkles" Larsson is out of Fnatic's lineup versus H2K in their first Week 2 game of the EU LCS Summer Split.
For strategic reasons our starting roster today is Soaz, Broxah, Caps, Bwipo, and Hylissang.
— Joey Steltenpool (@JoeyYoungbuck) June 22, 2018
The move has been made due to the volatile nature of marksmen in the current metagame. Traditional AD Carrys, that Rekkles shines on, have been significantly nerfed in recent patches and we're seeing a lot of bruiser champions in the bot-lane.
Gabriel "Bwipo" Rau stepped into the roster in the open slot. Bwipo has experience play bruisers in the top lane.
Fnatic won the game in dominating fashion, securing 27 kills to H2K's 5 and up 20K gold by the end of the game.
Overwatch League all-star starting rosters unveiled
The Overwatch League released the starting rosters for the upcoming all-star game. More than 55,000 votes from fans were tallied for the results.
Here are the lineups:
Atlantic Division
Seong-Hyun “Jjonak” Bang—Excelsior, support
- Jong-Ryeol “Saebyeolbe” Park—Excelsior, offense
- Do-Hyeon “Pine” Kim—Excelsior, flex
- Yeon-Jun “Ark” Hong—Excelsior, support
- Jae-Hyeok “Carpe” Lee—Fusion, offense
- Jae-Hui “Gesture” Hong—Spitfire, tank
Pacific Division
Chan-Hyung “Fissure” Baek—Gladiators, tank
- Scott “Custa” Kennedy—Valiant, support
- Se-Yeon “Geguri” Kim—Dragons, tank
- Byung-Sun “Fleta” Kim—Dynasty, offense
- Je-Hong “Ryujehong” Ryu—Dynasty, flex
- Brandon “Seagull” Larned—Fuel, flex
Thunder Gaming disqualified from TI8 SA Qualifiers
Thunder Gaming were disqualified from the South American Qualifiers for The International 2018 after Juan "Atun" Ochoa was found to be using macros.
Update on SA Qualifiers.
— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) June 22, 2018
1. Thunder Gaming have been disqualified for the usage of macros.
2. SG vs Pain will be the Winner Bracket Final.
3. Loser will play Torus in LB Final.
4. Winner of that plays winner of WB Final for TI8 Slot.#TI8
In a Facebook post after the incident Atun admitted to be using macros — key bindings that input multiple commands at once — since the Frankfurt Major 2015.
It's also been discovered that Thunder's coach Iwo "Iwo" Bejar Kalinowski was also coaching the team while banned from Valve Dota 2 events.
With this new information, the winner's bracket final at the event will be SG e-sports and Pain Gaming.
GODSENT cease operations of Counter-Strike team
Godsent's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster is no more.
GODSENT Farewell. Please Read: https://t.co/EivQUKmVHP pic.twitter.com/r0XQiIUHC3
— GODSENTgg (@GODSENTgg) June 21, 2018
In a Twitlonger post attributed to founders Markus "pronax" Wallsten and Tomas Oropesa Martin, it was explained that a unanimous decision was made not to move forward with the team any longer.
This news comes just more than a week after their roster was acquired by Red Reserve. The roster that previously played under the GODSENT banner was ranked 19th in the world.
Keith Capstick is a news editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.
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